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In 2010, West Coast LEAF launched a petition on Access to Justice calling for a Reform to Legal Aid in BC. Addressed to the Attorney General of British Columbia, the petition outlined the current status of the provincial legal aid system and provided three feasible recommendations that would restore equitable access to justice for all British Columbians.

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This endowment fund, established at the Vancity Community Foundation, will support test case litigation that advances the constitutional rights of women and men to legal representation in complex family law and other civil matters. In particular, the fund will act to indemnify a test case litigant in just such a case currently before the courts, as represented by BC PIAC. Should that litigant be successful in arguing for state-funded counsel, and therefore not require indemnification, the Fund will support West Coast LEAF’s work in advancing access to justice more generally.

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West Coast LEAF is the only organization in BC that uses the law to further gender equality. We work to end gender-based discrimination using equality rights litigation, law reform, and public legal education.